Comedy

Wells Comedy Festival

Date: Friday, May 26 2017 - Sunday, May 28 2017
Venue: Wells: various venues

Biggest lineup yet for this fast-growing comedy festival. Big names descending on Somerset include Cheddar’s own Richard Herring – performing a work-in-progress as well as his hugely popular podcast – plus Angelos Epithemiou’s (Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford’s two-hander, the gloriously inventive Ben Target, comic, poet and Twitter supremo Rhys James and WCF favourite Lou Sanders.

There are also extra shows announced for Stewart Lee and Sara Pascoe, while James Acaster – who is already performing three different shows over the weekend – has added a preview of his forthcoming book tour, Classic Scrapes.

Various venues, Wells, Somerset, Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28. For more info and to book tickets, visit www.wellscomfest.com and www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellscomfest

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By steve wright, Monday, Apr 24 2017

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